Phosphorus Containing Patents (Class 514/48)
  • Publication number: 20120189597
    Abstract: Nutritional compositions and methods of making and using the nutritional compositions are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a nutritional composition including one or more exogenous nucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Norman Alan Greenberg, Douglas Richard Bolster
  • Publication number: 20120184503
    Abstract: Disclosed are nutritional compositions including human milk oligosaccharides and nucleotides that can be administered to preterm infants, term infants, toddlers, and children for reducing inflammation and the incidence of inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Rachael Buck, Debra L. Thomas, Joseph P. Schaller
  • Publication number: 20120178710
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for the synthesis of cyclic dinucleotides and thiophosphate analogs thereof as well as a new family of analogs of cyclic diguanosine monophosphate that includes a series of seven phosphorothioate derivatives that includes diastereomers of mono-, di-, and trithiophosphates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Roger A. Jones, Barbara L. Gaffney
  • Publication number: 20120172325
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis employing. The methods and compositions employ guanosine 3?,5?-cyclic monophosphate pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark G. Currie
  • Patent number: 8202850
    Abstract: The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. More particularly, the invention provides immunomers for use in methods for generating an immune response or for treating a patient in need of immunostimulation. The immunomers of the invention comprise at least two oligonucleotides linked at their 3? ends, internucleoside linkages or functionalized nucleobase or sugar to a non-nucleotidic linker, at least one of the oligonucleotides being an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and having an accessible 5? end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhir Agrawal, Ekambar R. Kandimalla, Dong Yu, Lakshmi Bhagat
  • Publication number: 20120148577
    Abstract: A lymphocytotoxic, but hematopoietic stem cell-sparing, high-dose amount of an oxazaphosphorine drug such as, for example, cyclophosphamide, administered post-transplantation can be used to reduce transplant rejection, including graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD). In some embodiments, the transplants are bone marrow transplants or hematopoietic stem cell transplants carried out for the treatment of hematologic disorders, including hematologic malignancies and non-malignant hematologic disorders. In some embodiments, the transplants are carried out for the treatment of hereditary hemoglobinopathies, such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicants: ACCENTIA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC., JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: EPHRAIM J. FUCHS, LEO LUZNIK, ROBERT A. BRODSKY, RICHARD J. JONES, FRANCIS E. O'DONNELL, JR., CARLOS SANTOS, SUSAN BONITZ
  • Publication number: 20120148560
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing one or both of neural anoxia and reperfusion injury, which includes a pharmacological activator of the PKG pathway, and methods of treating or preventing medical conditions using a pharmacological activator of the PKG pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Florida Atlantic University
    Inventors: Kenneth DAWSON-SCULLY, Sara Louise Milton
  • Publication number: 20120142626
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are 2?-spiro-nucleosides and derivatives thereof useful for treating a subject infected by hepatitis C virus or dengue virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Pharmasset, Inc.
    Inventors: JINFA DU, Michael Joseph Sofia
  • Publication number: 20120135951
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, HIV, and HBV, in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are 3?-azido-2?,3?-dideoxy purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1 and HBV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Ph.D., John W. Mellors, Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer, Steven J. Coats, Ph.D., Richard Anthony Whitaker, Brian David Herman, Jong Hyun Cho, Longhu Zhou, Hongwang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120134955
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a novel anticancer agent or sensitizer for cancer chemotherapy or radiotherapy. A compound of a general formula (I): wherein A means an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, or a group of a formula (a):; R1 means a —(C?O)aOb(C1-C6)alkyl group, a —(C?O)aOb(C2-C6)alkenyl group, a —(C?O)aOb(C3-C6)cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 each mean a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a —(C?O)aOb(C1-C6)alkyl group or a group of —(C?O)aN(R1e)R2e; R4 means a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C6)alkyl group, and the like have an excellent Wee 1-kinase-inhibitory effect, and are therefore useful in the field of medicine, especially in the field of various cancer treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Goto, Kenji Niyama, Satoshi Sunami, Keiji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120115805
    Abstract: A method for influencing the natural pigmentation process of skin or appendages thereof, includes the step of topically contacting the skin or appendages thereof with at least one nucleic acid containing at least 55% guanine nucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Melanie Giesen, Andreas Bock, Erik Schulze zur Wiesche
  • Patent number: 8173621
    Abstract: Cyclic phosphate of nucleoside derivatives for the treatment of viral infections in mammals, which is a compound, its stereoisomers, salts (acid or basic addition salts), hydrates, solvates, or crystalline forms thereof, represented by the following structure:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Gilead Pharmasset LLC
    Inventors: Jinfa Du, Dhanapalan Nagarathnam, Ganapati Reddy Pamulapati, Bruce S. Ross, Michael Joseph Sofia
  • Publication number: 20120094948
    Abstract: The invention relates to analogous compounds of 6-thioguanosine triphosphate of general formula (I). A compound of the general formula (I); wherein the dashed bond in the sugar moiety can be either single or double and wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 or R5, equal or different between each other, have general formula -(Int)m-Ter, wherein m is between 0 and 12 and Int and Ter are Internal and Terminal building blocks, wherein Int is selected from the group consisting of formula (II); and Ter is selected from the group consisting of formula (III).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Giancarlo Naccari, Sergio Baroni
  • Publication number: 20120070415
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleosides, nucleotides and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include one or more of nucleosides, nucleotides and analogs thereof, and methods of synthesizing the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of ameliorating and/or treating a disease and/or a condition, including an infection from a paramyxovirus and/or an orthomyxovirus, with a nucleoside, a nucleotide and an analog thereof. Examples of viral infections include a respiratory syncytial viral (RSV) and influenza infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ALIOS BIOPHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Leonid Beigelman, Jerome Deval, David Bernard Smith, Guangyi Wang, Vivek Kumar Rajwanshi
  • Publication number: 20120071434
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are phosphorothioate nucleotide analogs, methods of synthesizing phosphorothioate nucleotide analogs and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as viral infections, cancer, and/or parasitic diseases with the phosphorothioate nucleotide analogs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ALIOS BIOPHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: David Bernard Smith, Jerome Deval, Natalia Dyatkina, Leonid Beigelman, Guangyi Wang
  • Publication number: 20120070410
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of receptor kinases and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by receptor kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Julius L. Apuy, Darren E. Insko, Joyce J. James
  • Publication number: 20120070411
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are phosphoroamidate nucleotide analogs, methods of synthesizing phosphoroamidate nucleotide analogs and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as viral infections, cancer, and/or parasitic diseases with the phosphoroamidate nucleotide analogs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Alios BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Beigelman, Lawrence Blatt, Guangyi Wang, Vivek Kumar Rajwanshi, Natalia Dyatkina, David Bernard Smith
  • Publication number: 20120052046
    Abstract: Phosphoramidate compounds derived from guanine bases having enhanced therapeutic potency are provided, and these compounds in particular have enhanced potency with respect to treatment of viral infections, such as hepatitis C virus. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat viral infections are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Stanley Chamberlain, Jeff Hutchins, Karolina Madela, Christopher McGuigam, John Vernachio, Mohamed Aljarah, Arnaud Gilles
  • Publication number: 20120040924
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer and viral infections, in particular, HIV, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are certain 6-substituted purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1, HIV-2, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: EMORY UNIVERSITY, RFS PHARMA, LLC.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Cho, Steven J. Coats, Raymond F. Schinazi, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120022014
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes tetrahydropyran nucleoside analogs, oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. More particularly, novel tetrahydropyran nucleoside analogs are provided having at least one chiral substituent that are expected to be useful for enhancing one or more properties of oligomeric compounds such as nuclease resistance and/or binding affinity. In certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds are expected to hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Thazha P. Prakash, Eric E. Swayze
  • Publication number: 20120016467
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sustained release system that includes a polymer and a prodrug having a solubility less than about 1 mg/ml dispersed in the polymer. Advantageously, the polymer is permeable to the prodrug and may be non-release rate limiting with respect to the rate of release of the prodrug from the polymer. This permits improved drug delivery within a body in the vicinity of a surgery via sustained release rate kinetics over a prolonged period of time, while not requiring complicated manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: pSivida Inc.
    Inventors: Jianbing Chen, Paul Ashton, Thomas J. Smith
  • Patent number: 8097711
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include nucleotide and nucleoside monomers protected at the 5?- or 3?-hydroxyls with thioether substituted aryl carbonate protecting groups. In certain cases, the carbonate protecting groups include an aryl moiety, e.g., a phenyl group, attached to the carbonate, where the aryl moiety further includes a thioether group, e.g., an alkyl or aryl thioether group, bound directly to the aryl ring. Aspects of the invention further include methods of synthesizing nucleic acids, e.g., oligonucleotides, using such protected nucleoside monomer monomers, as well as nucleic acids produced using methods of the invention and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zoltan Timar, Zoltan Kupihar, Douglas J. Dellinger, Marvin H. Caruthers
  • Publication number: 20110306556
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing one or both of neural anoxia and reperfusion injury, which includes a pharmacological activator of the PKG pathway, and methods of treating or preventing medical conditions using a pharmacological activator of the PKG pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Florida Atlantic University
    Inventors: Kenneth DAWSON-SCULLY, Sarah Louise MILTON
  • Patent number: 8076310
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel phosphonate nucleosides and thiophosphonate nucleosides comprising a phosphonalkoxy-substituted or phosphonothioalkyl-substituted five-membered, saturated or unsaturated, oxygen-containing or sulfur-containing ring coupled to a heterocyclic nucleobase such as a pyrimidine or purine base. The invention further relates to compounds having HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) replication inhibiting properties and to compounds having antiviral activities with respect to other viruses. The invention also relates to methods for preparation of all such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The invention further relates to the use of said compounds as a medicine and in the manufacture of a medicament useful for the treatment of subjects suffering from HIV infection, as well as for treatment of other viral, retroviral or lentiviral infections and to the treatment of animals suffering from FIV, viral, retroviral or lentiviral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: K.U.Leuven Research & Development
    Inventors: Piet Herdewijn, Christophe Pannecouque, Tongfei Wu, Erik De Clerq
  • Patent number: 8076303
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of formula (I): which exhibit antiviral properties. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject in need of anti-HBV treatment. The invention also relates to methods of treating a HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Radhakrishnan P. Iyer, Seetharamaiyer Padmanabhan
  • Publication number: 20110301112
    Abstract: Fused-ring, heterocyclic-substituted tricyclics of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of said compound, isomer or racemic mixture wherein represents an optional double bond, and wherein An, En, Mn, Gn, Jn, R3, n7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R32, R33, X, Y, B and Het are herein defined and the remaining substituents are as defined in the specification, are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a method of treating diseases associated with thrombosis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, heart failure, and cancer by administering said compounds. Combination therapy with other cardiovascular agents is also claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Yan Xia, Mariappan V. Chelliah, Samuel Chackalamannil
  • Publication number: 20110286962
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of liver disorder, including HCV and/or HBV infections. Specifically, compound and compositions of nucleoside derivatives are disclosed, which can be administered either alone or in combination with other anti-viral agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre SOMMADOSSI, Gilles Gosselin, Claire Pierra, Christian Perigaud, Suzanne Peyrottes
  • Patent number: 8063025
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I or II wherein R1, R2, B, and V are as defined herein are Hepatitis C virus NS5b polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating an HCV infection and inhibiting HCV replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Hecker, K. Raja Reddy, Zhili Sun, Brett C. Bookser, David Bernard Smith
  • Publication number: 20110257122
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are phosphoramidate prodrugs of nucleoside derivatives for the treatment of viral infections in mammals, which is a compound, its stereoisomer, salt (acid or basic addition salt), hydrate, solvate, or crystalline form thereof, represented by the following structure: Also disclosed are methods of treatment, uses, and processes for preparing each of which utilize the compound represented by formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Pharmasset, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Sofia, Jinfa Du, Peiyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20110257121
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound represented by formula 1 or its hydrate thereof in crystalline or crystal-like form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: PHARMASSET, INC.
    Inventors: WONSUK CHANG, DEVAN NADUTHAMBI, DHANAPALAN NAGARATHNAM, GANAPATI REDDY PAMULAPATI, BRUCE S. ROSS, MICHAEL JOSEPH SOFIA, HAI-REN ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20110257109
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compositions and methods that activate P2Y receptors for the increased production of new synapses in the central nervous system. The formulations of the invention may be administered to a healthy subject or to a subject in need thereof to restore synapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Richard WURTMAN
  • Publication number: 20110243886
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of liver disorders, including HCV infections. In one embodiment, compounds and compositions of nucleoside derivatives are disclosed, which can be administered either alone or in combination with other anti-viral agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Dominique Surleraux, Gilles Gosselin
  • Patent number: 8030293
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of optimizing therapeutic efficacy and reducing toxicity associated with 6-mercaptopurine drug treatment of an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder such as inflammatory bowel disease. The method of the invention includes the step of determining the level of one or more 6-mercaptopurine metabolites in the patient having an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hopital-Sainte-Justine
    Inventors: Ernest G. Seidman, Yves Theoret
  • Patent number: 7994143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphonate, nucleoside phosphonate or nucleoside phosphate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use in treating a variety of medical disorders, in particular viral infections, cancers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Chimerix, Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Karl Y. Hostetler, James R. Beadle, Jacqueline Ruiz, Merrick R. Almond, George R. Painter, Timothy A. Riley, Paula Francom
  • Patent number: 7989430
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof: R1-L-R2—B wherein R1, L, R2, and B have any of the values defined herein, as well as compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of such compounds or salts. The compounds block siderophore production in bacteria and are useful as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Courtney Aldrich, Ravindranadh Venkata Somu
  • Patent number: 7985737
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for reducing levels of the harmful metabolic waste product of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), homocysteine, and provide vitamin and other nutritional co-factors that reduce the production of homocysteine and either re-methylate homocysteine back to S-adenosylmethionine, or facilitate its conversion downstream to cystathione. The method of the invention may be achieved by administering 5-methyl tetrahydrofolate, methylcobalamin, and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of betaine, pyridoxal-5-phosphate, N-acetyl-cysteine, and other cofactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Fast Balance, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian D. Halevie-Goldman
  • Publication number: 20110171193
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and materials for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH) in a subject. Also provided herein is a method of diagnosing whether a has PH by detecting a PH marker. A PKG pulmonary hypertension marker has been identified and may be useful in predicting PH disease progression and assessing a subject's response to PH therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: You-Yang Zhao, Asrar B. Malik
  • Patent number: 7972595
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for protecting and treating a muscarinic receptor in a subject in need thereof from dysfunction not resulting from oxidative stress, toxic actions of metals or metal ions, or infectious agents by administering a pyrophosphate analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, John Randall Fawcett
  • Publication number: 20110150831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to kinase modulators of the naphthyridine type and to the preparation and use thereof as medicaments for the modulation of misdirected cellular signal transduction processes, in particular for influencing the function of tyrosine and serine/threonine kinases and for the treatment of malignant or benign tumours and other disorders based on pathological cell proliferation, such as, for example, restenosis, psoriasis, arteriosclerosis and cirrhosis of the liver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: AETERNA ZENTARIS GmbH
    Inventors: Tilmann SCHUSTER, Matthias GERLACH, Irene SEIPELT, Emmanuel POLYMEROPOULOS, Gilbert MUELLER, Eckhard GUENTHER, Pascal MARCHAND, Julien DEFAUX
  • Publication number: 20110142794
    Abstract: A method for determining a therapeutically effective amount of suramin for administering to a patient, who is to receive a cytotoxic agent, which comprises the steps of determining the circulating suramin concentration in the patient; administering suramin, if required, to establish a low circulating concentration of suramin in the patient of below about 200 ?M; and administering the chemotherapeutic agent to the patient when the low circulating concentration of suramin is present in the patient. Conveniently a nomogram can be constructed for use in clinical settings with the suramin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Jessie L.-S. Au, M. Guillaume Wientjes
  • Publication number: 20110130358
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for transdifferentiation of body tissues which can be used to generate specific cell types needed for regenerating organs or body parts, following cellular degeneration, injury or amputation. The present invention also describes the use of tissue transdifferentiation for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Steven Baranowitz
  • Publication number: 20110124592
    Abstract: Phosphoramidate derivatives of nucleoside compounds of formula I derived from bases such as adenine and guanine have enhanced therapeutic potency, in particular, enhanced potency with respect to the prophylaxis or treatment of a viral infection such as hepatitis C virus. The glycoside moiety of the nucleoside compound is suitably substituted at the ?-2? position with methyl and the phosphoramidate group, suitably comprises 1-naphthyl linked by —O— to the P atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher McGuigan, Plinio Perrone, Johan Neyts
  • Patent number: 7943593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising an apoptosis inducing anti-cancer agent and an IMPDH inhibitor. This invention also relates to methods for inducing apoptosis and for treating tumors and cancers in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jugnu Jain-Pandey, Robert J. Fram
  • Publication number: 20110112046
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel phosphate-modified nucleosides, and methods for producing them, being useful for the prevention or treatment of a viral infection in a mammal, and for preparing oligonucleotides by DNA/RNA polymerase-dependent amplification, e.g. PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Olga ADELFINSKAYA, Piet HERDEWIJN
  • Publication number: 20110098238
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium, and system for identifying compounds from chemical libraries that can be used for the therapeutic treatment of a disease or used as lead compounds in a drug development program. In particular, information from homologous proteins is used to predict, for a target protein, molecular functions that can be used to screen libraries of compounds for individual compounds that are predicted to have high binding affinities for the target protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Skolnick, Michal Brylinski
  • Publication number: 20110086813
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of guanine nucleotide analogs which inhibit RelA and Relseq synthetic activity and which possess anti-bacterial activity. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that include such compounds, and to methods of use of such compounds or compositions for combating bacteria and treating bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Gad Glaser, Jehoshua Katzhendler, Rolf Hilgenfeld, Roee Vidavski, Ezequiel Wexselblatt, Tamar Prez-Menahemov, Ilana Kaspy
  • Patent number: 7915232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nucleoside derivatives of formula Ia wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification, and of pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which inhibit HCV polymerase and are useful for treating a patient suffering from a HCV infection and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Armstrong Martin, John Herbert Merrett, Isabel Najera, Rene Robert Devos, Christopher John Hobbs, Wen Rong Jiang, Nobuo Shimma, Takuo Tsukuda
  • Publication number: 20110015146
    Abstract: A nucleoside compound having activity against hepatitis C virus is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: PHARMASSET, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL JOSEPH SOFIA, Jinfa Du, Peiyuan Wang, Dhanapalan Nagarathnam
  • Patent number: 7867983
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of skeletal muscle and/or the protection of skeletal muscle against injury. The adenosine A3 receptor has been identified as a new therapeutic target for the treatment of skeletal muscle. Adenosine A3 receptor agonists are used treat subjects with skeletal muscle ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) injuries, individuals with skeletal muscle disorders, and individuals suffering from skeletal muscle injury resulting from physical exertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignees: The University of Connecticut, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Bruce Tsan-Tang Liang, Edward John Zambraski
  • Publication number: 20110002879
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising a cytotoxic compound, a signalling inhibitor, an ancillary agent, or two or more further anti-cancer agents, and a compound having the formula (Ib): or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof; wherein X is a group R1-A-NR4—; A is a bond, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from fluorine, hydroxy, C1-4 hydrocarbyloxy, amino, mono- or di-C1-4 hydrocarbylamino, and carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups having from 3 to 12 ring members, and wherein 1 or 2 of the carbon atoms of the hydrocarbyl group may optionally be replaced by an atom or group selected from O, S, NH, SO, SO2; R2 is hydrogen; halogen; C1-4 alkoxy (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jayne Elizabeth CURRY, John Francis LYONS, Matthew Simon SQUIRES, Neil Thomas THOMPSON, Kyla Merriom THOMPSON, Paul Graham WYATT, Neil James GALLAGHER